What types of care does Hickathrift House Care Home offer?

Hickathrift House Care Home offers Residential care, Dementia care, Respite / Short stay.

Activities at Hickathrift House Care Home

We have two Activities Coordinators here at Hickathrift House. We have a wide range of activities within the home, including musical entertainment, arts & crafts, clubs for like-minded people, such as flower arranging and gardening, board games, baking (where the best bit is the eating afterwards!), and we celebrate special events throughout the year. We also have trips out on a regular basis using our own minibus, where we find out places of interest each person would like to visit.

It is important to us that each individual who we support can get as much from these activities as possible, so we try our best to arrange activities that reflect their interests and capabilities, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join in with activities and events as often as they can.

For the less mobile residents, we unique one-to-one session, such as simple chats over a cup of tea, reading or listening to music. Activities are some of the most important aspects of a care home, so it is essential that our team are dedicated to ensuring that residents are entertained, and that life at Hickathrift House is fun and active.

Watch our video on life enrichment in our homes.

Kat Colangelo

Activities Lead

Hello, my name is Kat and I am the Activities Lead here at Hickathrift House.

Since 2017 I have been working in the field of well-being and I am passionate and enthusiastic about enriching all our of residents' quality of life.

As the Activities Lead at Hickathrift House, my focus is learning about each of our resident's likes and dislikes and supporting them to remain receptive and active in addition to supporting them to engage with our local community friends.

I organise activities to stimulate the mind, body and soul in an enjoyable, comfortable way. My aim is to diversify and increase activities ensuring that there is something for everyone - from Wine and Cheese events, excursions on our home Mini Bus as well as individual bespoke person-centered activities.

Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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Activities and Events Partnerships

As part of our bespoke life-enrichment programmes, we host a number of live virtual events in the home on a regular basis through a number of partnerships with places of interest and world class performance companies

Life at Hickathrift House Care Home

An Adorable Visit

We were very lucky to meet the most gorgeous puppies last July, and they came back for a visit on January 14th. They have grown so much and loved all the attention they received; they are beautiful. They belong to one of our Activities Coordinators and we didn't want to give them back.

Christmas ‘Songs of Praise’ Service

On Monday 12th December, residents attended St Andrews Church for their annual Christmas Songs of Praise service. It's always a highlight of the Christmas period for residents, and we can’t wait to return again soon!

Barchester Christmas Cake Competition

After many discussions over tea and biscuits, it was decided that residents would create and decorate their entry as a Christmas tree bauble for this year's Christmas Cake Competition. We all had great fun making the cake and decorating it, and everyone was very happy with the finished product. Now we are all keeping our fingers crossed for the results!

Tasty Treats

Residents enjoyed making some chocolate rice crispy cakes on Tuesday 8th November.

Halloween Activities

Resident’s, staff and visitors have enjoyed a variety of activities over the Halloween weekend. On Friday 28th October, we started the festivities with our amazing volunteers, Joss & Cecelia, coming in for their usual afternoon Singalong - and they were dressed to thrill! We finished our fun on Monday 31st October with the staff coming to work in fancy dress, and the residents spent the morning carving pumpkins and decorating biscuits.

Pizza Making

On Wednesday 5th October, residents decided to make their own pizzas. Audrey & Hazel used a variety of toppings to create some tasty treats for us all to try. They smelled (and tasted) delicious.